Unlock publications

Unlock has made a submission to the Scottish Government in response to their call for views on the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill. The focus of our response is on Part 2 of the Bill – Disclosure of convictions. Download Unlock’s submission.

People with convictions make up a sizeable proportion of the unemployed population – 33% of Job Seekers Allowance claimants have received a criminal record in the last ten years. For many, it can be their main barrier to employment; people with convictions are the least likely ‘disadvantaged group’ to be employed, with nearly three-quarters (73%)

As part of the House of Lords Select Committee on Financial Exclusion, we have submitted written evidence, focusing on financial exclusion issues where a criminal record per se causes a problem. Download: Unlock’s written evidence to House of Lords Select Committee on Financial Exclusion You can find out more about the Select Committee on the Parliament

We have today published our response to the Charity Commission’s consultation on power to disqualify from acting as a trustee Background In May 2016, the Charity Commission launched a consultation on power to disqualify from acting as a trustee. Download: Submission: Unlock’s response to Charity Commission consultation on power to disqualify from acting as a trustee More

We have today published our response to the Government consultation on childcare disqualification Background In May 2016, the Department for Education launched a consultation into amending the childcare disqualification arrangements. Download: Submission – Response to the Government consultation on childcare disqualification More information about our policy work on disqualification by association.

We have today published our submission to the Lammy Review. Background In January 2016, the Prime Minister asked David Lammy MP to investigate evidence of possible bias against black defendants and other ethnic minorities. Download: Submission to the Lammy Review

We have today published the written response we have submitted to the Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into the support for ex-offenders. Background In March 2016, the Work and Pensions Committee launched an inquiry into the support for ex-offenders Download: Written response from Unlock to the Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry Our response can also be

Today we have published our submission to the review of youth justice. Our submission focuses on criminal records, disclosure and young people. Background In September 2015, Michael Gove announced a review of the youth justice system. In February 2016, Charlie Taylor, who’s leading the review, published his interim report. In response to his particular interest in

We’ve published our response to the consultation published in October 2015 by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) on their revised draft expectations for police custody. Download: Unlock’s response to the consultation

In September, Michael Gove announced a review of education in adult prisons. Unlock as a charity focuses on the problems that people face as a result of their criminal record. We do not provide education in prisons or in the community to individuals. However, we run a Helpline that deals with over 5,000 people with

In September, the Scottish Government announced a consultation on a Remedial Order that they’d brought into force on the 10th September. This, in practice, brought into force a filtering process that applied to standard and enhanced checks processed by Disclosure Scotland, similar to the filtering process operated by the Disclosure & Barring Service. Although our

We’ve submitted our written response to the consultation by the Department of Justice Northern Ireland on plans to introduce a filtering review process for criminal record checks in Northern Ireland. Broadly, we support the plans, but urge the Northern Ireland Assembly to go further, in the same way that we continue to urge the UK Government to